GRE Word List
ENDEMIC
belonging or native to a particular people or country
The meaning of the word endemic is belonging or native to a particular people or country.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |